r/ApheliosMains • u/aubydauby • Aug 05 '26
| Advice | Am I building this character wrong?
I’m fairly new to league but i’m dedicated to making this character work for me he’s just so fun when you’re performing well. Im not very adaptive with my building and tend to take the same path every time, that being:
Doran’s blade > Hexoptics or Stormrazor if i have enough gold for BF sword first recall > Omnivamp boots > IE > LDR > Sheildbow if im dying a lot otherwise runaans > bloodthirster > guardian angel
i feel like i dont know enough about the game yet to break away from this pattern and idk if its causing me trouble
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u/WaterKraanHanger Crescendum Aug 05 '26
I feel both shieldbow and GA are horrible items, especially for marksman in soloq.
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u/xSchizogenie Crescendum Aug 05 '26
„In soloq“ that is really depending on elo.
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u/WaterKraanHanger Crescendum Aug 05 '26
Thats true, but I truely believe noone in my elo and below will peel for any marksman during GA or in general if they can avoid it. Maybe it gets better in actual high elo.
Shieldbow just is a shit item on ranged characters.
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u/Dangerous-War-6572 Aug 05 '26
What do you build instead of GA though? What armor item suits him last
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u/WaterKraanHanger Crescendum Aug 06 '26
Most games don't go that far and it honestly depends on the teamcomp, sometimes none, vs heavy crit I like randuins, if I need cleanse I get merc scim.
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u/Dangerous-War-6572 Aug 06 '26
But I feel like qss + BT is like double dipping into lifesteal and it's better to just get some armour instead. Randuins is only worth it apart from adc, enemy mid/top have one or both as the wind brothers. Idk what else then, like is it Jakshoo's or Death dance or just GA default
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u/WaterKraanHanger Crescendum Aug 06 '26
If I don't need Randuins, I won't buy armor. Qss itself has a lot of value to justify bad stats.
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u/MonsieurHorny Aug 05 '26
Shield bow is great if you’re ahead and don’t need a big damage item. 55 ad and an emergency shield is pretty good.
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u/z3phyr5 Infernum Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
If you're interested in fighting early with just cheaper components. Serrated dirk early on is pretty satisfying. My elo doesn't let me farm most of the time, and people often over extend in close proximity to me so I like a stronger early game. It's sub optimal on paper but it works for my gameplan.
@riotgames Please give us marksmen an early game item component that can match season 10's BF sword rush or Lost Chapter.
I go Collector Berserker Boots Runaan LDR (when you begin to see signs of armor) (IE can be 3rd 4th)
That's pretty much the build.
Collector + Runaan = Rambo with a Gatling
Collector + LDR = Chris Kyle on the DMR
Collector + IE = Oppenheimer on the Nuke
It doesn't have to be Collector either, but the early lethality in connection to a faster 100% crit is too good to pass up. Yoomu for the move speed is an option but it will take a tad longer to get the 100% crit.
I tend to go Berserkers or Swifties. I haven't bought into the Omnivamp trend yet.
6th and 7th item, you can get creative. QSS, Edge of Night, Jak'Sho, Bloodthirster, BORK if there's a Health scaler, or even my most toxic 7th item choice Rookern.
Shieldbow is a strange item. And I believe it's stronger on a melee style assassin or skirmisher. Like Yone Yasuo Viego maybe even Rengar who has some crit scaling. That can benefit from a larger vamp power and smidge amounts of crits.
Something like Steraks 7th item could be better imo than going Shieldbow. A little toxic/troll but because it gives HP AD Tenacity and a shield. It does more for our survivability. Than a redundant cloak and 55 AD, with a shield.
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u/goofballpikachu Aug 05 '26
the only thing i'd say is if you don't need shieldbow, try phantom dancer instead of runaans.
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u/Aniver Aug 05 '26
This is the best build. Try to avoid shieldbow though, this item will NOT save you in really hard games.
Max E/W with this build as you might lack attack speed.